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THE NINETEEN FIFTY-FIVE

MILESTONES

KINGS MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

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EDITOR

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RDininisTRRTion

Mr. B. N. Barnes
Siiperinlemlent

Mr. Rowell Lane

Prmcipal

SCHOOL BOARD

Dr. Philip G. Padgett
Mr. j. R. Davis
Mr. a. W. Kincaid
Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch
Mr. Fred W. Plonk

Pa^e Eight

Miss Alice Averitt

Consultant

Miss Odessa Black

Science

Miss Catherine Bolick

Commerce

Mr. Everette Carlton

History and Coach

Miss Margaret Cole

Public School Music

Miss Elizabeth Collette

Civics, Physical Education

Mrs. Betty R. Gamble
j Home Economics

I Mr. I. Ben Goforth

Mathematics

I

FRCU LTY

Miss Elizabeth Goode

Piano

Mr. Joe Hedden

Commerce, Band

Miss Dorothy Laciimund

English

Miss Helen Logan

English, History

Mr. W. O. McKeown
Science

Mrs. Sue H. Moss

English

Mr. Donald Parker
Drivers Education, Economics-
Sociolooy, Assistant Coach

Miss Janet Scoggins

French, Latin, Mathematics

Miss Margaret Stem

Bible

Miss Kittie Lou Sutton

Mathematics

AIr. Doug V\'. Swink
English, Mathematics

Mrs. Josephine E. Weir

Librarian

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SEniOR CLASS OFFICERS

Peggy Rippy
CiiAHLEs Yelton
Kay J Ienderson
Mary Alice McDaniel

IlDDIE CkiFORTH

President
Vice-President
. . Secretary
Co-Treasurer
Co- Treasurer

m RSCOTS

Donna Ann Crawford

Tommy Gerberding

S E n I 0 R s

Martha Ann Baker
I Iarry Lee Barrett
Charles I^eWitt Blanton, Jr.

Carl Thomas Barnett
Betty Carolyn Biddix
Billy Gene Bridges

Miriam Fern Barrett

Nancy Louise Bisliop

Betty Slie Cable

Paoe Thirteen

S E n I 0 R s

Robert Eugene Carrigan
(Bob)

Kenneth Paige Cash
(Ken)

Clyde Lewis Cole

Kenneth Esper Cook
(Ken)

Barbara Joann Docker

Ered Ealls, Jr.

Kenneth Jenkins Cloninger
(Ken)

Joyce Gwendolyn Dixon

James Monroe Ereeman
(Jim)

Pa^e Fourteen

S E n I 0 R s

Martha Joyce Gladden

Glenda Joyce Gregory
Kay Yvonne JJenderson

Grace Elaine Goeorth

Pansy Marie Guyton
Gharles Ralph I Iord

William Edward Goforth
(Eddie)

Etha I Iawkins
George Van Bliren IRord, Jr.

Page Fifteen

E n 1 0 R

s

Paul Andhrson 1 Iord, Jr.

Palmer Eugene HitFFSTETLER

R/vchael Jean Jolly

Robert Franklin Littlejohn
(Bobby)

Gerry Logan

Gerald Dean Lovelace

Edgar Earl Marlowe, Jr.

Dewey Stokes Mayes
(Bud)

Mary Alice McDaniel

Pas.e Sixteen

S E n I 0 R s

IvA Anita McGinnis

Hazel Geraldine Nance

Joyce Belle Owens

Patricia Ann Owens
(Pat)

Alice Gwendoly'n Pearson
(Gwen)

Mary Betty Prince

Peggy Jean Rippy

James Roy Robbs
(Jimmy)

Jerry Anderson Ross

Pags Seventeen

E n I 0 R s

James Alec Short
(Jimmy)

Gloria Janice Stogner

Charles Thomas Smith

Mary Elizabeth Stone

Louise Hlillender Tucker

Patsy Ruth Ware
(Pat)

Grace Christine Still

Marilyn Frances Tesseneer
Shirley Ann Ware

Page Ei^iteen

S E n I 0 R s

Valiree Watterson

Winfred Eugene White

Alfred Robert Wright

Patsy Earlene Wright

Robert Lee Wilson
(Bobby)

Marcia Leigh Yarbrough

Charles Doltglas Yelton

Page Nineteen

JUniOR CLRSS

I Iarold Jackson
Nick Smith

Kathryn Ware

CIeORGE 1 I ARRIS

OFFICERS

President

. Vice-President

Secretary

. 1 reasurer

Gary Atlran
Jackie Arnette
Jean Arthur

Paoe Twenty

juniORS

Sue Barrett
Janeli. Bedsore
Edna Biddy
Dub Blalock

Charles Blanton
Don Breedlove
Barbara Bridges
Carolyn Brown

Maxine Bumgardner
Ann Byars
Bobby Cashion
Edna Champion

Donna Cheatham
Ronnie Cole
Billy Bird Crawford
Lewis Crawford

Patsy Dover
Marlene Downey
Erancis Eranklin
Billie Cibbons

Bill Creene
Peggy Cunnells
Naomi Cuyton
Leroy PIarper

Ceorge Harris
Peggy Hawkins
Barbara Hill
Don I loRD

juniORS

Ray Horne
Bobby Houser
Butch Houser
Mike Houser

Avery Howard
Dick Hunnicutt
Harold Jackson
Joyce Kiser

Carolyn Lawrence
Charles Ledbetter
Pat Ledbetter
Terry Ledford

Peggy Lewis
Judy Logan
Lyvonne Lindsay
Billie Mabry

Flem Maliney
Tom McAbee
Jerrie McCarter
Jerry McCarter

Sam McCarter
Carletty AIcDaniel
Mildred McDaniel
Pat McDaniel

Shirley McIntosh
Margaret Millen
Pat Miller
Bill Mitchem

juniORS

Jesse Morehead
Linda Morris
Buddy Murray
Borby Myers

Judy Neill
Helen Odell
Joe Ormand
Judy Owens

Neil Patton
Wayne Plttman
Linda Rhea
Kenneth Roberts

Paul Roper
Glenn Ross
Bill Sanders
Donald Sellers

Johnny Sessoms
Glenda Spake
Elizabeth Spencer
Buddy Smith

Nick Smith
Diane Trammell
Mearl Valentine
Kathryn Ware

Derice Weir
Phyllis Wilson
Leonard Wright
Judy Yarbro

No picture

George Bowen
Marshall Groft
Harold Ellis
John Powell
Billy Robbs
Eouise Whetstine

Elizabeth Abernathy
Shirley Allen
Ellen Baker
Mary Ann Beam
Joyce Biddix
Sy'bil Blanton
Rachel Bridges
Pat Brooks
Reba Camp
Phy'llis Dover
Sue Dover
Joyce Early'

Jane Erwood
Nancy' Falls
Pratt Falls
Sandra Kay' Fleming
Shirley Foster
Mary Etta Freeman
SoNDRA Gilbert
Racliel Gladden
Jean Greene
Becky Harris
Lois Hawkins
Joyce Hope
JoAnn Hullender

Jeannette Ivey
Annette Lawrence
Patsy Ledford
Kara Maddox
Pat Malcolm
Betty McDaniel
Helen Morrison
Gornelia Moss
Jane Osborne
Pat J. Owens
Jeanne Plonk
Peggy Reynolds
Greola Scruggs

Doris Sellers
Barbara Short
Barbara Smith
Becky Smith
Isabel Smith
Josephine Smith
Dot Ware
Billie Welcli
Myrtle Whetstine
Shirley Whitaker
Nadine White
Jane Yarbrough

SOPHOmORE

BOYS

Kenneth Baity
David Baity
Luther Barnes
Charles Bridges
Dean Bridges
Hoyle Burton
Joe Campbell
Larry Carpenter
Darvin Chastain
Jackie Cobb
David Denny

Abe Early
Lawrence Etters
David Ealls
Boyce Gault
Curtis George
Tommy Gilbert
Erank Graham
Jimmy Heavner
Erank Hinson
Bobby Hopper

Kenny Hustetler
Charles Jolly
Erank Jones
Jerry Eedford
John McGinnis
Roger Mullis
Daniel Payne
Robert Payne
Richard Reynolds
James Roper

Billy Joe Sipes
Jerry Smith
Bill Spearman
James Stewart
Ralph Stewart
Darpjel Spurting
Johnny Thomasson
Edwin Waters
Don Welch
Don Wright

F R 1

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Pat Alexander

Viola Ellison

Sherry Kelley

Rebecca Rollins

Gloria Bagwell

Brenda Eng

Patricia Ledford

Peggy Sanders

Carol Barber

Ann Falls

Martha Matthews

Juanita Self

Edna Barrett

Ruth Falls

Sue McAbee

Edith Sims

Linda Biser

Jean Fleming

Kay McCarter

Patsy Sisk

Rebecca Blanton

Barbara Foster

Inez McDaniel

Kay Smith

Ina Faye Boheleb

Phyllis Creene

Julia McDaniel

Pat Smith

jAivricE Brown

Martha Grigg

Rlithell McDaniel

Shirley Smith

Mary Burton

Gail FIampton

Shirley McDaniel

Irene Strickland

Claudette Butler

Norma Kay FIamrick

Shirley McNeely

Rebecca Thornburg

Jane Byars

Gaye FIamrick

Cornelia Moss

Hazel Thrift

Diane Cansler

Betty Hefner

Georganna Moss

Peggy Tucker

Betty Lou Champion

ClIYANN FIeNDERSON

Nellie Sue Norman

Becky Tlitor

Hazel Childers

Phyllis Henderson

Patricia Oliver

Barbara Welch

Mary Childers

Jean Hicks

Louise Owens

Mickie White

Margie Cook

Betty Dean Hoyle

Polly Page

Francis Williams

Judy Cooper

Jacqueline Hoyle

Barbara Parrish

Carol Wilson

Elizabeth Crawford

Mary E. Huffstickler

Wilma Pearson

Peggy Wilson

Jean Davis

Carol Jackson

Barbara Proctor

Carolyn Wright

Phyllis Dean

Paula Johnson

Faye Robbs

Evelyn Wright

Jackie Dixon
J’atsy Duncan

Phyllis Jones

Beth Roberts

Metta Wright

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Charles Allen

Freddy Camp

Lewis Huss

Edward Saller

Lawrence Allen

Johnny Carpenter

James Ivey

Earl Shockley

Kenneth Anthony

Bill Carrigan

R. A. Johnson

Donald Short

Kenneth Baity

Vernon Carson

Gary Joy

Ray Short

Earl Barnes

Randolph Cash

Steve Kesler

Boyd Smith

Arthur Barrett

David Chavis

Tony Kirby

Tommy Smith

Jerry Barrett

Buddy Connor

Franklin Lail

Rufus Smith

J. D. Biddix

Bill Davis

Jerry Laughter

Vick Smith

Roy Biddy

Bill Early

Keith Layton

Billy Staggs

Jerry Black

Donald Essary

Gene Ledford

Richard Styres

Roger Blackwell

Boyce Goins

Carrol Lee

Gerald Thommascn

Harold Blanton

Lloyd Greene

David Marlowe

Earnest Valentine

J. C. Boheler

Glenn Grigg, Jr.

Hugh Mayhue

Bill Ware

Eugene Boles

Pete Gunnells

Melvin Martin

Ed Waters

Kendall Bolin

Lawrence Hamrick

Benjie Moomaw

Jimmy' Waters

Richard Bollinger

John Hardin

Elmer Norwood

Steve Wells

Wineord Bowen

Travis Hawkins

J. B. Owens

Johnny Whetstine

Tommy Boyd

Bill Herndon

James Pressley

Johnny Willis

Reuben Bridges

Harold Hord

Douglas Rathbcne

Herbert Wilson

Garnis Bumgardner

Ervin Houser

Joe Reinhardt

Jerry Wilson

James Burns

Andy Howard

John Rudisell

Martha Baker
DeWitt Blanton
Donna Cheatham
Joyce Dixon
Fred Falls
)oYCE Gladden
Eddie Gofortei
George FIarris
Kay FIenderson

Palmer FIuffstetler
Rachael Jolly
Lyvonne Lindsay
Gerry Logan
Gerald Lovelace
Earl Marlowe
Bud Mayes
Jerry McCarter
Mary Alice McDaniel
Anita McGinnis

Joyce Owens
Pat Owens
Gwendolyn Pearson
Betty Prince
Jimmy Short
Patsy Ware
Alfred Wright
Patsy Wright
Marcia Yarboroligh

STUDEDT ;

PRRTICIPRTIOn I
ORGRRIZRTIOR

DeWitt Blanton
Butch Houser . .
Curtis George . .
Miss Helen Logan

OFFICERS

. President
Vice-President

Secretary

Adviser

Gary Allran
Martha Baker
DeWitt Blanton
Sybil Blanton
Maxine Bumgardner
Elizabeth Crawford
Joyce Dixon
Ann Falls
Sandra Fleming
Curtis George

MEMBERS

Billie Gibbons
Joyce Gladden
Butch Houser
Mike Houser
Kenny Hustetler
Dick Hunnicutt
Harold Jackson
Steve Kesler
Jerrie McCarter
Jerry McCarter

Mary Alice McDaniel
Georganna Moss
Joyce Owens
Pat Owens
Gwendolyn Pearson
Peggy Rippy
Rebecca Rollins
Glenn Ross
Bill Sanders
Carol Wilson

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Key Club Was Host
Tw© Speakers

Khi.js Mountain Hiqb

i'lip Key Club had -as Sts hlfjh-
iii.-: during the month of De-
'-.n special visits from Dr.
sroing and Rev. W. L.

Dr, W„ P. Gerberding
gass a very interesting talk on
addions in the land of Israel,
Si ne .>! the Jews. He told club
: ' -.fibers of the Mount of Olives,
it), 'iarden Of Gcthsemane, and
j. . .Me .... hich Christ was

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MUMPS

During the fifth t ''oo
th, January 8th • ; ; , o
Central .schoo, r i. .
absences due to ■ , s > ,
were 123 case.s, . t,. m. ■
high school.

MRS. v*,'EIE

All the high i'". . ' ■

have greatly missed ui.. i
BCiui- of 'd:.- Weir ■
absence duo to mumps, v, ,
wo lare sorry th rl Mr.s, -.V-: ■
111. we are happy to ivi' -.
Joe I.,ee Woodward, who is .
stituting for Mrs. W'-ir. w
us.

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pin. ^M,

torch
are i t
anothii-
member;,
•pins in I

F. T.A. REP,

Anne Diup .

Carter hi.\; i.- .•
the Bessie Simo .
the Future T-',;- '
ca lo repr.r,-,it
state t»«achers n\- tc
lelgh to be hcl-d ;
March. The .Mud- ,, ,
accompanied oy -i -

SENIOR PLAY

Mr. Gktforth, who is
charge of the Senior ; )••.
P!a..v, l.s already m. i.ii'i: ■’ '•
to get the play under-', t-.
ter having talked with •
homeroom.s and di. cu---. -'l'
possible types of pl.a}- ■•'' • ,
class to give, Mr. Goforit; i!,ru '
that the majority wanted
present a mystery con;, iv.
“Cuckoos On The Hearth",
the play that ha,s been cho-
sen. and the seniors .rre look-
ing forward to the la.st of thi-

\'iCK Smith
Editor

Jane Osborne Miss I^orothy Lachmhnd

Business Manager Faculty Adviser

David Baity

MEMBERS

Don 1 loRD

Jhdy Owens

Bobby Cashion

Jerry Ledford

Nick Smith

Donna Cheatham

Earl Marlowe

Glenda Spake

Barbara Dhcker

Ierrie McCarter

Shirley Ware

Etha 1 Iawkins

Mildred McDaniel

Derice Weir

Iimmy I Ieavner

1 Iazel Nance

Patsy Wright

Jane Osborne

nflTionflL

HonoR

SOCIETY

Anita McGinnis .
Christine Still
Martha Baker
Miss Helen Logan
Mrs. Josephine Weir

OFFICERS

President

. . . .Vice-President

Secretary

Pacidty Treasurer
Facidty Adviser

MEMBERS

Martha Baker
DeWitt Blanton

Anita McGinnis
Christine Still

Martha Baker
Joyce Dixon
Peggy Rippy, Chief

Anita McGinnis
Billy Bridges

Kenneth Cash
DeYYhtt Blanton
Fred Falls

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miXED CHORUS

Eddie Goforth
Earl Marlowe

Joyce Dixon

Bobby Cashion .
Miss Margaret Cole

OEEICERS

President

Vice-President

Student Council P,epresenta1ive

Accompanist

Director

Elizabetfi Abernathy
Eern Barr£tt
Sue Barrett
Bobby Cashion
Ronnie Cole
Joyce Dixon
Erances Eranklin
Billie Gibbons
SoNDRA Gilbert
Joyce Gladden
Eddie CioFORTii
Elaine Goforth
Phyllis Greene
Naomi Gliyton
Peggy I Iawkins

MEMBERS

Barbara Hill
Don I loRD
Bobby I Ioliser
Joyce Kiser
Carolyn Eawrence
Pat Ledbetter
Terry Ledford
Peggy Lewis
Judy Logan
Earl Marlowe
Bud Mayes
Betty McDaniel
^E\RY Alice McDaniel
Mildred McDaniel

Pat McDaniel
Anita McGinnis
Pat Miller
Judy Neill
I Ielen Odell
Judy Owens
Josephine Smith
Elizabeth Spencer
Janice Stogner
Kathryn Ware
Patsy Ware
Louise Whetstine
Bobby Wilson
Phyllis Wilson
Margie Leigh Yarbrough

FUTURE HOmEITIRKERS OF RmERICR

Carolyn Brown

Joyce Gladden

Jean Plonk

Sandra Flemming

Margie Cook

Guyanne Henderson

Sherry Kelly, Jane Erwood, Peggy Hawkins

Gwen Pearson

Mrs. Betty R. Gamble

President

Vice-President

Secretary

T reasurer

Sonff, Leader

Historian

Reporters

Rep. Student Participation Organization
Faculty Adviser

MEMBERS

Pat Alexander
Gloria Bagwell
Ellen Baker
Betty Biddix
Joyce Biddix
Linda Biser
Becky Blanton
Barbara Bridges
Pat Brooks
Carolyn Brown
Janice Brown
Jane Byars
Diane Cansler
Mary Childers
Juanita Cook
Margie Cook
Judy Cooper
Elizabeth Crawford
Jean Davis
Phyllis Dean

Jackie Dixon
Sue Dover
Joyce Early
Butch Eng
Jane Erwood
Ann Falls
Sandra Flemming
Shirley Foster
Joyce Gladden
Peggy Gunnels
Naomi Guyton
Pansy Guyton
Gail Hampton
Gay* Hamrick
Peggy Hawkins
Betty Hefner
Guyanne Henderson
Jean Hicks
Betty Hoyle
Paula Johnson
Phyllis Jones

Sherry Kelly
Diddy Maddox
Martha Matthews
Cornelia Moss
Sue McAbee
Kay McCarter
Betty McDaniel
Inez McDaniel
Mildred McDaniel
Ruthell McDaniel
Shirley McDaniel
Shirley McNeely
Nellie Slie Norman
Hazel Nance
Polly Page
Barbara Parrish
Gwendolyn Pearson
Wilma Pearson
Jean Plonk
Faye Robbs
Beth Roberts

Becky Rollins
Juanita Self
Doris Sellers
Edith Sims
Patsy Gail Sisk
Kay Smith
Pat Smith
Barbara Smith
Becky Thornburg
Peggy Tucker
Becky Tutor
Valorie Watterson
Billie Welch
Shirley Whitaker
Nadine White
Carol Wilson
Peggy Wilson
Evelyn Weight
Metta Wright
Jane Yarboro

KEY CLUB

OFFICERS

MEMBERS

Eddie Goforth .
Charles Yelton
J3eWitt Blanton
I Iarold Blanton
Mike Houser . . .
Mr. Rowell Lane

.... President
Vice-President
Secretary
T reasurer
Student Council Rep.
Facidty Adviser

Gary Allran
David Baity
DeWitt Blanton
Curtis George
Eddie Goforth
Mike FIouser
Dick Hunnicutt

Harold Jackson
Flem Mauney
Jerry McCarter
John McGinnis
Don Sellers
Billy Joe Sipes
Charles Yelton

RADIO CLUB

OFFICERS

George Hord President

Jane Osborne Vice-President

Billie Gibbons Scretary-Treasiirer

Dick Hunnicutt . . . .Student Council Rep.
Mr. 1. B. Goforth, Jr Faculty Adviser

Harold Ellis
Billie Gibbons
Jimmy Heavner
Donald Hord
George I Iord
Harold Jackson
Lyvonne Lindsay

MEMBERS

Gerry Logan
Jane Osborne
Billy Joe Sipes
Jerry Smith
Nick Smith
Becky Tudor
Alfred Wright

THE BESSIE SIITIOnTOn FUTURE TEACHERS CLUB

OFFICERS

Joyce Owens President

Butch Houser Vice President

Donna Cheatham Secretary-Treasurer

Gary Allran Student Council Representative

Jackie Arnette Project Chairman

Billie Gibbons Historian

Derice Weir Program Chairman

Terry Ledford Follow Up Chairman

Gary Allran
Jackie Arnette
Linda Biser
Sybil Blanton
Carolyn Brown
Diane Cansler
Bobby Cashion
Betty Champion
Davis Chavis
Donna Cheatham
Ann Falls
Ruth Falls

MEMBERS

Jean Fleming
Frances Franklin
Billie Gibbons
Peggy Gunnells
Norma Hambrick
Jean Hicks
Butch Houser
Jackie Hoyle
Harold Jackson
Rachael Jolly
Tony Kirby

Frankie Fail
Terry Ledford
Gerry Logan
Billie Mabry
Jerry AIcCarter
Bud Murray
Joyce Owens
Tudy Owens
Pat Owens
Polly Page
Gwendolyn Pearson

Jeanne Plonk
Betty Prince
Peggy Reynolds
Faye Robbs
Earl Shockly
Bud Smith
Shirley Ware
Derice Weir
Barbara Welch
Mikie White
Jerry Wilson
Carolltst Wright

Page Thirty-seven

LRTin CLUB

OFFICERS

Christine Still President

George FIarris Vice-President

Peggy Reynolds Secretary

Donna Cheatham Treasurer

Sybil Blanton Student Council Representative

Miss Janet Scoggins Adviser

MEMBERS— Sybil Blanton, Donna Cheatham, Billie Gibbons,
George Harris, Jimmy Heavner, Flem Mauney, Cornelia Moss,
Buddy Murray, Judy Neill, Peggy Reynolds, Peggy Rippy,
Kenneth Roberts, Christine Still, Diane Trammell.

HONORARY MEMBERS— Fern Barrett, Elaine Goforth,
Glenda Gregory, Kay Henderson, Palmer Huffstetler, Dick
llunnicutt, Pat Ovyns, Jimmy Short, Pat Ware, Pat Wright,
Marcia Leigh Y'arbrough.

FREnCH CLUB

OFFICERS

DeWitt Blanton President

Eddie Goforth Vice-President

Joyge Dixon Secretary

Gerald Lovelace .Treasurer

Mary Alice AIcDaniel Student Council Rep.

Miss Janet Scoggins Adviser

MEMBERS— Martha Baker, DeWitt Blanton, Joyce Dbcon,
(oyce Gladden, Eddie Goforth, George Hord, Gerry Logan,
Gerald Lovelace, Mary Alice McDaniel, Anita McGinnis, Jimmy
Short, Bobby Wilson, Alfred Wright, Charles Yelton, Joyce
Owens, Honorary Member.

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■ \HONOR SOaETYW J

DRUm mRJOR RHD mRJORETTES

Gary Allran

Drum Major

MAJORETTES

Einda I Iartsoe
Pat AIalcolm
Jerrie McCarter

l^EGGY

Joyce Owens
Janice Stogner
EIallie Ward
Ware

BRRD COUnCIE

Gary Ait.ran
Jean Arthur
Fern Barrett
Charles Blanton

Larry Carpenter
I Iarold Ellis
Don EIord
Butch FIouser

Flem Maliney
Georganna Moss
Pat J. Owens
Bill Sanders

Nick Smith
Glenda Spake
AIarilyn Tessener
Derice Weir

Paoe Forty

THE BflDD

Butch Houser
Bill Sanders
Derice Weir
Flem Mauney
Georganna Moss
I Iarold Ellis
Don Hord
Fern Barrett
Mr. Joe Hedden

OFFICERS

President

\dce-President

Secretary

T r ensure r

Siiideut Council Pxepresentative
Property Custodian
Assistant Property Custodial!

Librarian

Director

Pa^e Forty-one

monoGRRm club

OFFICERS

Ken Cloninger President

Charles Yelton V ice-Presidem

Charles Smith Secretary-Treasurer

I Iarold Jackson Student Council Representative

Mr. Everette Carlton Adviser

Carl Barnette
Ken Cloninger
Lewis Cole
Ken Cook
Eddie Coforih
CiEORGE Harris
Pai.mer Hhffstetler

MEMBERS

Harold Jackson
Jerry Ledford
Gerry Logan
Earl Marlowe
Bhd Mayes
Jerry McCarter
Sam McCarter

Buddy Murray
Joe Ormand
Cfiarles Smith
Bill Spearman
Mearl Valentine
Bobby Wilson
Charles Yelton

Pa^e Forty-two

“K” CLUB

OFFICERS

Rachel Jolly President

Fern Barrett Vice-President

Gwendolyn Pearson Secretary

Shirley Ware Treasurer

Miss Elizabeth Collette Adviser

MEMBERS

Fern Barrett
Nancy Bishop
Billie Gibbons
Etha FIawkins
Barbara Hill

Butch Houser
Rachael Jolly
Judy Logan
Pat Owens
Gwendolyn Pearson
Shirley Ware

CHEERLERDERS

Jackie Arnette
Billie Gibbons
Etha Hawkins
Barbara Hill

Annette Lawrence
Lyvonne Lindsay
Judy Logan
Judy Owens
Kathryn Ware

THE !

mOUHTRinEERS '

Front roiF— Head Coach Everette Carl- |

ton, Earl Marlowe, George Harris, Eddie |

Goforth, Bud Mayes, Ken Cook, Mearl £

Valentine and Manager Billy Ware. '

Second rou'— Eine Coach John Gamhle, -i

Frank Hinson, J. E. Stewart, Tommy Gil- ;

bert. Bob Elouser, Bob Elopper, Joe Or- ^

mand. Palmer Huffstetler, Charles Yel- j

ton and Manager Jerry Eedford. ^

Third rote— Jay vee Coach Fred Withers,

Mike Houser, Curtis George, David Falls,
lohn McGinnis, David Marlowe, Buddy
Smith, Charles Bridges and Senior Man-
ager Eewis Cole.

Back rorn— End Coach Don Parker, Steve
Wells, Jerrv McCarter, Charles Smith, De-
Witt Blanton, Bill Spearman, Ken Clon-
inger, Eeonard Wright and Charles Cleary.

1 larold Jackson was absent.

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BOYS’ BRSK

Charles Bridges
Bonnie Cole
Fred Falls
Eddie Goforth
George FI arris
Bobby Littlejohn
Earl Marlowe

ETBRLL

Jerry McCarter
John McGinnis
|erry Ross
Mearl Valentine
Winfred White
Bobby Wilson
Charles Yelton

Lewis Cole, Manager
Mr. Donald Parker, Coach

Page Forty-six

BRSKETBRLL

GIRLS’

Jackie Arnette
Jean Arthur
Fern Barrett
Mary Ann Beam
Nancy Bishop
Kay Henderson
Butch Houser
Rachael Jolly
Annette Lawrence

Jerrie McCarter
Hazel Nance
Judy Owens
Gwendolyn Pearson
Faye Robbs
Doris Sellers
Glenda Spake
Shirley Ware
Derice Weir

Miss Elizabeth Collette, Coach

Page Forty-seven

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Pecgy Rippy— DeVVitt Blanton

Earl Marlowe— Betty Prince

S E n I 0 R S L

Charles Yelton— Mary Alice McI^aniel

Gerald Lovelace— Rachael Jolly^

Paoe Fifty

Rachael Iolly— Bud Mayes

Jimmy Short— Kay Henderson

Eddie Goforth— Joyce Owens

Peggy Rippy— DeWitt Blanton

Pa^e Fifty-one

Etiia 1 Iawkins— Gerry Logan

Peggy Rippy— Gerald Lovelace

SEmOR SUPERLRTIVES

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Mary Ann Beam Sponsoring Palmer Huffstetler
SoNDRA Gilbert Sponsoring Eddie Goforth
Elaine Goforth Sponsoring Ken Cook
Barbara Hill Sponsoring Bud Mayes
Pat Malcolm Sponsoring Earl Marlowe
Cornelia Moss Sponsoring Charles Yelton
Helen Odell Sponsoring Charles Smith
Doris Sellers Sponsoring Ken Cloninger
Christine Still Sponsoring DeWitt Blanton

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Norma Lee Sipes Queen

Pat Goforth Maid of Honor

ATTENDANTS AND ESCORTS

Seniors juniors Sophomores

Mary Owens Joyce Dixon Jackie Arnette

Jane Ormand Pat Ware Billie Mabry

Carroll Bridges Sherrill Spears Ken Cash

Mike EIouser Don Breedlove Richard George

Freshmen
Sandra Eleming
Sybil Blanton
Don McCarter
James Abernathy

Joan Howard, Jerrie Goforth. Becky Payne, Nancy Panther Flower Girls

Alice Calvert, Blttch Gibbons Trail? Rearers

Earry Eogan Crown Bearer

Bill Sanders, Winfred White Heralds

FIRST NATIONAL
BANK

Member

of

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION

Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Pa^e Fifty-six

HARDIN'S AUTO SERVICE

612 East King

Compliments of

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

BARKLEY BROTHERS
GROCERY

•

KINGS MOUNTAIN

Phone 385

Phone 730

KEETER'S DEPARTMENT
STORE

BAIRD FURNITURE

+

Complete Outfit for the Whole
Family

“Compare Our Prices Before
Furnishing Your Home”

Newest Styles

+

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Page Fifty-seven

Paoe Fifty-ei^ht

To be fully educated you must keep
abreast of current happenings. The
newspaper that is devoted to this
community is

The Shelby Daily Star

Door-To-Door Delivery In
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Carolina Chain & Saw
Equipment Co.

118 N. Morgan Street
SHELBY, N. C.

DISTRIBUTORS FOR McCULLOCH CHAIN SAWS

0. G. Penegar Company

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS
ADDING & ACCOUNTING MACHINES

Gastonia Phone 5-1236

Compliments of

Kings Mountain Mica Co., Inc.

"\\ Pays To Save Where

Savings Pay"

HOME BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION

Corner of Mountain an Cherokee Streets

A, H. Patterson, Sec.-Treas.

CHEVROLET^

nl^^J

Victory Chevrolet Co., Inc.

SALES, NEW & USED CARS
SERVICE & TRUCKS

Phones 49 & 419

Compliments of

RANDY'S

GASTONIA, N. C.

Prtge Fifty-nine

Kiwanis Club

"WE BUILD"

BIG BROTHERS
TO

THE KEY CLUB

KINGS MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

Page Sixty

EVANS COLLEGE OF
COMMERCE

★

SECRETARIAL ACCOUNTING

★

GASTONIA, N. C.

Compliments of

KINGS MOUNTAIN
BEVERAGE COMPANY

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

BENNET BRICK &

TILE CO.

QUALITY BRICK
AND
TILE

GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Phone 434 Phifer Rd.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Kings Mountain Building &
Loan Association

Open A Savings Account Today
Each Account Insured Up To
$10,000

W. K. Mauney, President
Ben H. Bridges, Sec.-Treos.

Pfloe Sixty-one

Best Wishes to Class of ’55

From the

MAUNEY INTERESTS

MAUNEY MILLS, INC.

BONNIE COTTON MILLS

SADIE COTTON MILLS

KINGS MOUNTAIN
MANUFACTURING COMPANY

KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

Paoe Sixty -tivo

F

Compliments of

McGinnis Deportment Store

Spangler's Ready Mix
Concrete, Inc.

Phone 966
Battleground Road

“ANYTHING IN CONCRETE”

Plant 2 Shelby, N. C.

Compliments of

LUTZ-YELTON OIL CO.

Phone 5254
SHELBY, N. C.

GRAYSON'S JEWELRY

WATCHES— DIAMONDS
GIFTS

EXPERT WATCH REPAIR

Compliments of

C. R. WEBB, GENERAL AGENT

PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
1 1 1 West Marion St.

SHELBY, N. C.

Dial 6211

Compliments of

Plonk Brothers Company

Kiser Feed and Hatchery

CHICKS, POULTS, AND POULTRY
EQUIPMENT

133 West Marion St. Phone 4121

SHELBY, N. C.

Blalock's Park-Inn

Serving K. M.
1935-1955

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Pfl^e Sixty-three

REACH

Sunbeam Cake

WALDENSIAN BAKERIES, Incorporated

SHELBY, N. C.

-S',

unride

Grade " Pasteurized Dairy Products

509 West Franklin Avenue
GASTONIA, N. C.

Page Sixty-four

WEIR'S COAL

LOGAN SUPPLY

“It’s Black Business But

COMPANY

We Treat You White’’

Cleveland Avenue

Phone 750

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

RECORDS AND APPLIANCES

Compliments of

HARRIS FUNERAL HOME

WEAVER

AMBULANCE SERVICE

CLEANERS

Phone 118

Compliments of

Compliments of

FINGER LAUNDRY

PUROL

YOUR NAPA JOBBER IS A GOOD MAN

EAST KING ESSO

TO KNOW

518 E. King St.

BRIDGES AUTO PARTS CO.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

QUALITY FIRST

Phone 929

IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST

Page Sixty-five

MAUNEY HOSIERY MILLS, Inc.

MEN'S SEAMLESS HOSIERY
Manufacturers of Kings-Craft Brand

W, K, Mauney, President Carl F. Mauney, Sec.-Treas.

Compliments of

SUPERIOR STONE
COMPANY

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Page Sixty -six

Kings Mountain
Sheet Metal Works

Roofing — Heating — Guttering
General Sheet Metal Work
Phone 333

309 North Cansler Street

W. A. Childers

Kings Mountain Drug
Company

Kings Mountain’s
Modern Drug Store

Phone 41 and 48

Compliments of

McGinnis Furniture
Store

Compliments of

Myers Department Store

Allen's Flower Shop

Anything in Flowers
Phone 361 E. King St.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

SHOP AND SAVE

Western Auto Associate
Store

Home Owned and Operated by
Haywood E. Lynch

Double Cola
Bottling Company

GASTONIA, N. C.

Bottlers of

Double Colo — Cheerwine
Sundrop — Milkoy
Nu -Grope — Tasty

Established 1880

THE GASTONIA GAZEHE

Gaston County's Great
Home Newspaper

Delivered By Carrier In
Kings Mountain Every
Afterneon Except Sunday

30 Cents Per Week

Page Sixty-seven

of

Kings Mountain

Congratulates and Wishes Well

The Class of 1955

BEST WISHES
TO THE
CLASS OF ’55
FROM

LITHIUM CORPORATION

OF

AMERICA, INC.

Page Sixty-eight

OATES SHELL
SERVICE STATION

Phone 111

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Compliments of

ALBION GROCERY CO.

GASTONIA, N. C.

READ YOUR HOME PAPER
The

Kings Mountain Herald

Phones 167 and 283
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Compliments of

EAGLE STORES & CO.

Compliments of

Sears, Roebuck & Co.

Shop at Sears and Save
121 West Warren Street
SHELBY, N. C.

Compliments of

GRIGG'S GARAGE

Alexander's Jewel Box

WATCHES DIAMONDS

GIFTS

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

727

Compliments of

Lambeth Rope Corporation

Box 802

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Page Sixty-nine

ELMER LUMBER COMPANY, Inc.

204 W. Ridge Street
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

PAINT-HARDWARE-LUMBER
MILLWORK AND BUILDING MATERIAL

Phones: 54 and 25

Page Seventy

Compliments of

NEISLER MILLS

Compliments of

CARSON SPORTING GOODS
COMPANY

GASTONIA, N. C.

PLONK MOTOR COMPANY

There Is A

In Your Future

Pflge Seventy-one

Compliinents of

A FRIEND

1220 KC 1000 Wan

Best Wishes From

W K M T

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

“Your Good Neighbor Station”

Phone 999

Page Seve7ity-two

Compliments of

Belk's Department Store

REMEMBER

HOME OF BETTER VALUES

KINGS MOUNTAIN
NORTH CAROLINA

Compliments of

HOWARD BUSINESS
COLLEGE

305 N. Lafayette St.

SHELBY, N. C.

P. 0. Box 1369 Phone 4271

Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce

BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF ’55

Page Seventy-three

Enjoy the Pause that Refreshes
COCA-COLA IN BOTTLES

GASTONIA COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.

Compliments of

Dellinger's Jewel Shop

Kings Mountain’s Leading Jewelers

KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

★

“Gifts for all Occasions”

Compliments of

D. A. Beam Co., Inc.

SUPER CRO FERTILIZERS
FIELD SEEDS

SHELBY, N. C.

Page Seventy-four

Compliments of

IDEAL INDUSTRIES, Inc.

AND

IDEAL MACHINE SHOPS, Inc.

BESSEMER

CITY, N. C.

Compliments of

LEIGH FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.

C. E. Warlick Insurance

FINE SANDWICHES

Agency

Complete Insurance Coverage

DOUGHNUTS

West Mountain Street

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

BAKED PIES

+

625 Airline Avenue

Compliments of

Phone 5-1067

BRIDGES HARDWARE CO.

GASTONIA, N. C.

Page Seventy-five

GOODNIGHT BROS., INC.

WHOLESALE FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES

GASTONIA, N. C.

"Carolina's Finest Flour"

EAGLE ROLLER MILL
COMPANY

SHELBY, N. C.

S I L
D

V E R VILLA
R I V E - I N

U. S. HIGHWAY 29

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

24 HOUR SERVICE

Paoe Seventy-six

THE ARTHUR HAY AGENCY
INSURANCE

Compliments of

MARCRACE STORE

Compliments of

McCILL’S ESSO STATION

Compliments of

CENTRAL BEAUTY SHOPPE

Compliments of

COOPER’S FURNITURE

Phone 93

POWELL MOTOR COMPANY

431 W. Franklin Ave.

Oldsmobile and Cadillac
GASTONIA, N. C.

Compliments of

THE DAIRY QUEEN

GASTONIA, N. C.

Compliments of

REBA’S

Compliments of

CENTRAL BARBER SHOP

Compliments of

CORE’S SHELL SERVICE

FERGUSON ELECTRIC REPAIR
REBUILD ELECTRIC MOTORS

Agency for

Fairbanks-Morse Water Pumps
1305 W. Franklin
Phones 5-8211 & 4-1541

Compliments of

CENTER SERVICE

Compliments of

DAVIS GROCERY

Shelby Road

Compliments of

RIPPY’S JEWELERS

211 N. Piedmont — Near Depot

PAYNE GROCERY

Grade “A” Market

Meats, Groceries, Fruits, and Vegetables

Corner of Parker and Piedmont Streets

CARLISLE STUDIO

314 S. Lafayette
SHELBY, N. C.
Telephone 4261

Page Seventy-seven

PETTY MACHINE
COMPANY

612 East Franklin Ave.
GASTONIA, N. C.
Phone 5-2161

Bryant

Electric Repair Company, Inc.

607 9 East Franklin Avenue

GASTONIA, N. C.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING-CONTRACTING

WESTINGHOUSE INDUSTRIAL AGENTS FOR

MOTORS, CONTROLS, TRANSFORMERS

ELECTRIC MOTOR AND EQUIPMENT REPAIRS

Phone 5-3466

Pa^e Seventy-eight

Compliments of

CLEVELAND BUILDERS SUPPLY

Compliments of

STOWE’S RADIO SHOP

Compliments of

SISK FUNERAL HOME

William Lineberger, Pres. & Mgr.

SHELBY CREAMERY COMPANY

Quarter Pound Prints — Pound Prints
Half-Pound Rolls — Bulk
Phone 7501

Compliments of

DAVIS SHEET METAL

Compliments of

S & T GROCERY

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Compliments of

j. E. HERNDON CO.

Compliments of

L. A. HOKE

GRIFFIN DRUG CO.

"Prescription Specialists"

127 Mountain St.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Best Wishes

jOY AND DIXIE THEATERS

Compliments of

ANSELL BEAUTY SHOP

Compliments of

HELEN’S BEAUTY SALON

Compliments of

SAUNDERS DRY CLEANERS

Compliments of

DIXIE HOME STORE

Compliments of

IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.

Ben F. Beam

Compliments of

DAVIS AND WHITE

Page Seventy-nine

Compliments of

ROCK MOTEL

Compliments of

LOGAN CLEANERS

Compliments of

B & B RESTAURANT

Compliments of

FLEETE McCURDY

Compliments of

BRIDGES TEXACO

East King St.

Compliments of

BILL BAKER

Compliments of

DAIRY QUEEN

SHELBY

Compliments of

CAROLINA DAIRY

SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA

MORGAN & COMPANY, INC.

Feeds, Seeds, Fertilizers
PHONE 6061 SHELBY, N. C.

Compliments of

ROYSTER OIL COMPANY

SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA

LEE’S HOME AND OFFICE
SUPPLY CO.

SHELBY, N. C.

Compliments of

SERVICE FINANCE CO.

SHELBY, N. C.

Compliments of

TOWN HOUSE MOTOR COURT

HIGHWAY 74 SHELBY, N. C.

NORRIS-LACKEY MOTORS
115 E. Sumter St.

PHONE 5287 SHELBY, N. C,

BEN T. GOFORTH

Plumbing
Phone 900

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.

Compliments of

WEST END GROCERY

Prtge Eighty

Compliments of

DEAN BUICK COMPANY

Compliments of

WARE & SONS

Sugar, Flour, Feed, Hay, Cottonseed
Products and Groceries

Phone 83 and 183

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